That's what I get for not looking at the replies to the topic first. I went ahead and bought the one on ebay and then saw I could have gotten it cheaper elsewhere. In any case, I just canceled my pre-order with Newegg for the SD HDHR Prime. Even at the ebay price, it's still a great deal. Thanks for posting the info.

I figured Ceton had to drop their price once they started getting some competition. They can probably afford to do it now that they've gotten the first few production runs sold. I'd be curious to learn how many units they've sold to date.

Ceton hasn't dropped the price. There are just some sellers that are selling below MSRP. If you go to Amazon, you'll see Ceton is still selling for $399; Zones, Fluid Digital, and Cannon PC are still selling at their normal price as well.

They haven't dropped it officially yet, but I suspect they will. If they don't, the original vendors won't be able to compete with the SD HDHR Prime's pricing. The fact that the vendors listed in the above post can sell it for a much lower cost tells me the markup on this item is probably close to 100%, if not more. I doubt that they'd be selling it at a loss just to generate sales.

Awesome. Pulled the trigger on (my second) Ceton card from Erwin Computer. I was waiting for the HDHRPrime, but no more. I'll place this Ceton in my WHS2011 box and it will serve my HTPCs for the garage and guest house. I'll leave my original Ceton in my main HTPC for now until I'm sure the Ceton network sharing works well.

gotta love competition!! I think it's great for the consumers. No more of this where the ATI Tuner is the only one around so they can charge $200 for a single tuner. Now a few years later and we can have a 4-tuner card for under $300!!! Exciting times for HTPCs!

I really love my ceton tuner and can't recommend it enough. The support is truly fantastic. I accidentally broke my pigtail by pulling on it when trying to do some cable clean-up. When I emailed them asking for the replacement cost they just sent one for free.

One thing I would HIGHLY suggest is make sure you are up-to-date on your network card drivers from the manufacturer directly. Do not use network card drivers from Windows Update unless you have no other option and even then I would highly consider a better network card if no drivers are available.

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And will it run in a PCIe 16 slot?

Yes it can but there is a catch. Depending on your motherboard manufacturer your x16 may be restricted to graphic cards. This is more common on high-end boards designed for SLI or CrossFire.

i would be *shocked* if you receive anything but phenomenal support from either SiliconDust or CETON on their products from wherever you buy it, they both have pretty impressive reputations

I agree. Back when SiliconDust was first hacking their drivers to trick Windows MCE into allowing QAM to work, their hands on approach was amazing. I've rarely seen companies that are so willing to deal directly with customers and help anyway they could. I remember many a dealings with Jafa over there, and they were always good.

OP Update: I just received an e-mail from Fluid Digital who are now offering the InfiniTV 4 for $269 + Shipping to customers who have previously purchased from Fluid Digital. Enter code REPEAT if it applies to you.